The College Choir and Jazz Ensemble will present “Winter Starlight,” a free, public concert of seasonal music at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, in Dana Auditorium. The College Choir will begin the concert with a Renaissance motet for double chorus by Tomas Luis de Victoria called “Ave Maria.” Other selections will be “Chinese Melodies: two [...]More
Nov. 23, 2011
Excellence is a college core value. Excellence means we are committed to setting high standards of academic rigor in courses and creating high expectations for achievement by everyone. Standards, rigor, expectations, achievement, everyone. This is what it says. This is what our core value says. There is no conflict between excellence and the Quaker testimony [...]More
Nov. 18, 2011
Now it’s my turn to give a charge to the Class of 2008. I graduated from college forty years ago this month. To paraphrase King Henry II in the play A Lion in Winter, I am the oldest person I know. I must have learned something. How else could I be a college president, 61, [...]More
Nov. 16, 2011
At this point I am supposed to deliver the charge to the graduating Class of 2003, and so I shall. Let’s pretend just for a moment that all these others, including friends and family, are not here. It’s you and I having conversation. It’s a little pretentious for anyone and even a president to give [...]More
Nov. 16, 2011
I’m supposed to give the charge to the Class of 2004. What’s a charge? The dictionary says a charge means I am to impose a duty or obligation on you. Just what you need is another obligation after four or more years of tuition bills, syllabi, exams, pop quizzes, all-nighters, evading traffic on West Friendly [...]More
Nov. 16, 2011
Over the years, I have found that there are many joys associated with a career in higher education. As a college president, I have been honored to labor with trustees, staff and students to meet a cornucopia of challenges and opportunities. I’ve been delighted to meet and talk with well-known people like Cokie Roberts, Sidney [...]More
Nov. 16, 2011
Good morning and congratulations. My role today is to issue a charge to the Class of 2006. At first, I was tempted to summon forth the wisdom of such noted philosophers as Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, and Malino in my remarks. However, I finally decided, “Not going to do that; wouldn’t be prudent.” In my indecision, [...]More
Nov. 16, 2011
Now it’s my turn. In preparing a charge to the Class of 2007, I realized that we share a history. In 2003, many members of this class were not the only newcomers to Guilford College. I too was just settling in, with only a year since I arrived from the wilds of Maine. I too [...]More
Nov. 16, 2011
How best can I charge the Class of 2009? Many of you know me as Mr. Strategic Planning who gets mesmerized by innumerable future scenarios and impenetrable five-year financial models. Others have met me as your professor. My 17-page syllabus leaves no doubt on future topics and timing and is unquestionably as detailed as the [...]More
Nov. 16, 2011
Integrity. It’s a Quaker testimony. It’s a College core value. It’s emblazoned on the banners that line the walk to founders like sentinels protecting our community and conscience. Integrity is more than just telling no lies. It’s more than not slandering your friends or not falsely claiming high-ceilinged principles when you’re really playing for power. [...]More
Nov. 16, 2011
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